Clothespin



Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEsLIE A. BROWN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed August 16,

This invention relates to an improvement in Clothespins and particularly to one-piece wooden clothespins, the object of the inven tion being to produce a Clothespin which will firmly grip a clothesline and which is notliable to split, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clothespin constructed in accordance with myin- Vention;

.Fig. 2 is a side View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a -perspective view of the pin before the clip is applied;

Fig. 4 is a face View of the pin applied to a clothesline;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6'45 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 2.

The pin is formed from a single piece of wood substantially square in cross-section, with beveled edges and a rounded top. Enteringfrom the lower end of a pin is a comparatively-wide slot 10, the lower end flaring to form a mouth 11, and above the mouth the sides of the slot are formed with outward grooves 12. From the inner end of the slot 10 is a narrow slot 18 and on opposite faces are grooves 14 intersecting the slot 13 slightly above the inner end of the slot 10. Surrounding the pin is a clip 15 formed from non-corrosive wire bent into the form of a staple, the legs of which are seated in the grooves 14, and the ends 16 are bent toward each other over one of the sides of the pin and under pressure, so that the lower ends of the slot 13 are drawn together, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. This conon the line 55 1928. Serial No. 299,886.

tracts the outer end of the slot 10 so that when the pin is forced onto a clothesline 17 sufliciently to permit the line to enter be tween the grooves 12, the line will he firmlygripped. The clip 15 not only contracts the lower part of the pin but reinforces the pin so that it not liable to split.

A pin thus constructed has grate holding power than would a pin without a contracted mouth and this contraction is read ily provided without increasing the e( -:t' of the device, as the slots 10 and 13 are rez-rdily formed by saw-cuts, so that the pins can produced at a very low cost of manufacture.

I claim:

1. A clothespin formed from a single piece of wood substantially square in crosssection, the pin formed with a eomparatively-wide slot entering from its lower end,

a narrow slot extending from the inner end of the wide slot toward. the head of the pin, and means for drawing and rigidly holding the sides of the lower end of the narrow slot 5 together. I

- 2. A Clothespin formed from a single piece of wood substantially square in ere. .'-scction, the pin formed with a comparatively-wido slot entering from its lower end, a narrow 7 slot extending from the inne end of the wide slot toward the head of thefpin, the said pin also formed on opposite faces with grooves intersecting the narrow slot, and a wire clip, the sides of which are seated in the said grooves and the ends turned over one side of the pin under pressure, whereby the lower end of the narrow slot permanently contracted and the mouth of the pin also, contracted.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

c LESLIE A. BROWN. 

